2001/11/30 by F. Gelis, A. Peshier · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0375-9474(02)00752-2
published as Nucl.Phys.A707:175-192,2002 · 20 pages LaTeX document, expanded introduction (version to appear in Nucl. Phys. A)
arxiv created 2002/05/21 · openalex publication_date 2002/08/26 · arxiv updated 2010/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this paper, we consider the diffractive photoproduction of quark-antiquark pairs in peripheral heavy ion collisions. The color field of the nuclei is treated within the Colored Glass Condensate model. The cross-section turns out to be very sensitive to the value of the saturation scale.